Entering heaven

Naomi

I’d slept from nearly as soon as Karl had left the West territory, we were officially in the north. My whole body sank into the seat relaxing as soon as we crossed that border, I didn’t have another thought as my body put me to sleep. Safety really makes a girl sleepy it seems.

Karl touched my shoulder gently, I had been waking up but the contact still made me jump. I sat up slowly and opened my eyes, we were going along a small dirt road. There were big gates ahead of us laying open.

“We haven’t needed to close them since I became beta” Karl said proudly.

I dramatically looked up at the sky and said. “Moon mother I swear if you’ve sent some egomaniac with a savour complex to rescue me imma be pissed!” I wagged my finger to the sky for emphasis.

Karl’s laughter was more of a cackle than a laugh.

“HaHa very funny.” The dry sarcasm dripped from his voice but his smirk and dimples told me he was enjoying the exchange.

“Is this what its like to have friends” I asked him. He regained his cheery exposure quickly and with a shrug he said.

“Dunno, I’ll let you know when I find some.” I was smirking back at him now.

“HaHa to you.” I replied and then the norths pack house came into view and my mouth hung open in shock. Karl’s finger closed my jaw gently and I could hear him laughing again but my eyes were glued to the house, mansion, maybe estate? Is the better word. The stone itself was beautiful as it wrapped around the sides of the mansion. The brick work alone a masterpiece. There was flowers hanging and weaving all along the wooden porch. The wood gleaned in the early sunshine. Like it was proud to be displayed so beautifully. The windows had vines growing up and around them. Just starting to flower in the spring sun.

I mean this pack had money! MONEEEEEYYYYY....

“You guys are rich rich then.” It wasn’t a question and Karl didn’t bother to answer it.

“I’ll shut that fly trap for you there.” My mind was already light-years ahead as a man stepped onto the front steps and my soul skipped a beat.

Karl

I knew my best friend and alpha like the back of my hand. As soon as he stepped out onto the concrete front porch just under the wooden awning I knew he had felt it to. Naomi’s eyes had flashed gold and I caught the mirror flash in Alecs. But he didn’t move from the porch. I had wondered if Naomi would be one of our mates, that maybe if she is from the lost Alphas bloodline she would probably be Alecs mate rather than a lesser pack members. It looked like I was right, but my Alpha did not seem happy about it.

Naomi wasn’t conventionally wolf like, she had curves upon curves in all the right places. But she didn’t look or behave like a wolf. She was small but not short, like she withdrew herself into the smallest possible size so she could disappear. Given where I found her thats no surprise. Her hair was long and black, but not like the she wolves in the packs. It was uneven and straggly. I thought I’d seen some twigs in there somewhere to. She was so pale, you could mistake her for a vamp and no one would be mad that you had. Malnourished definitely. But she had an inner beauty that I had seen in very brief glimpse when she had laughed unexpectedly. It was under layers and layers of pain but it was there. Anyone who can live with what they had done to her year after year was packing some serious resilience.

Naomi didn’t portray strength though and I knew Alec, he had already calculated in his head the risk to having a weak link directly attached to him and all the ways Naomi could be used to blackmail him or hurt both of them.

I knew the exact second he decided to not accept her and my heart broke for her.

What the fuck am I meant to do now?

I’ve just promised Naomi that no one will ever hurt her again and now we’re metres away from the most painful event a wolf can go thro.

Their mate rejecting them.